Percents Unit

SunGlass Hut is having a Black Friday sale - your favorite sunglasses which have a regular price of $48 are discounted 65%. If you buy one pair, how much money will be deducted from your purchase?

• $16.80

• $24.65

• $31.20

• $73.85

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

There are 72 students that take Latin in the 7th grade. If this is 24% of the students in the entire 7th grade, how many total students are in the 7th grade?

• 17.28 students

• 288 students

• 96 students

• 300 students

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

If 28 cans of the 60 soup cans on a shelf are chicken noodle soup, what percent of the cans are chicken noodle soup?

• 68%

• 2.14%

• 46 2/3 %

• 48%

Of the students in the lecture hall, 60% are boys. If there are 135 students in the lecture hall, how many are girls?

• 30 girls

• 44 girls

• 54 girls

• 81 girls

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

The state of Florida has a total area of 65,755 square miles. Water covers approximately 11,828 square miles of the state. To the nearest whole percent, what percentage of the state of Florida is covered in water?

• 6%

• 18%

• 22%

• 54%

The Johnson family went out to dinner and spent $136.58. They must pay 6.5% sales tax on their meal. What is the amount of sales tax they must leave?

• $6.50

• $8.88

• $21.01

• $145.46

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Ally was buying a new mascara. She bought it on sale for $5.56. If the price represents a 20% discount from the original price, what is the original price to the nearest cent? (Think: what percentage of the price DID Ally pay?)

• $6.67

• $6.95

• $10.01

• $27.80

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Snapfish is having a sale on calendars. Mrs. Streit buys a special calendar of the kids on sale for $4.80. If this price represents an 85% discount from the original price, what was the original price of the calendar to the nearest cent?

• $5.52

• $8.88

• $10.45

• $32.00

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Scentsations candle store pays $4.25 to the factory for a candle, and the store marks it up 135%. What is the price of the candle that the customer would pay? (Be careful with this question!)

• $5.60

• $5.74

• $8.50

• $9.99

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

After his birthday, Shane deposited $125 in his bank account. He left the money in the account for four years and earned $14 in interest. What was the interest rate for the account? Use the formula I=P⋅r⋅t

• 2.8%

• 44.8%

• 2.23%

• 11.2%

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3